Warren MacKenzie Quotes
Bernard Leach talked about painting, but we never talked about ceramics in that evening. But at the end of the evening he said to us, "Well," he said, "I've changed my mind, and if you want, you can come back a year from now and apprentice in the workshop."
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.
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It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.
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Bernard Leach talked about painting, but we never talked about ceramics in that evening. But at the end of the evening he said to us, "Well," he said, "I've changed my mind, and if you want, you can come back a year from now and apprentice in the workshop."
